Medical and Martial God

”What?”

The Dragon Lord and the six other members of the Sponsor Team looked as if they had been struck by lightning. The meaning of Baishan Jun’s post couldn’t have been clearer: an enemy of Ming Feng Tower was an enemy of the Medicine King Valley!

Others might not dare to provoke members of the Mist Chant Martial Meeting’s Sponsor Team, but the Medicine King Valley was different; it was a Totem Organization. Even if they were to massacre every member of the Sponsor Team, the three Judicator Families wouldn’t say a word.

”Quick, notify Long Wu! Tell him not to go to the Ming Feng Tower’s Yunluo City branch! Hurry!” one of the six other members of the Sponsor Team urged frantically.

”Right, right...” The Dragon Lord fumbled for his phone and quickly dialed Long Wu’s number. He was met with a recorded message.

”The number you have dialed is currently out of service...”

Damn it, why is his phone out of service at a time like this? the Dragon Lord cursed inwardly. He hurriedly called Long Shi, only to hear the same message.

”The number you have dialed is currently out of service...”

His is out of service too?

The Dragon Lord then called Long Shan.

”The number you have dialed is currently out of service...”

At this point, the Dragon Lord realized something was terribly wrong. It was impossible for three phones to be out of service at the same time. Obviously, the phones belonging to Long Shan, Long Shi, and Long Wu had been forcibly shut down. The Dragon Lord didn’t have to be a genius to figure it out. It had to be Ye Xiu’s doing!

”Ye Tianming, get to the Ming Feng Tower’s Yunluo City branch immediately! You have to arrive before Long Wu and his men get there. Stop them from massacring everyone at Ming Feng Tower! Go now!” the Dragon Lord ordered.

”Right away!” Ye Tianming sprinted off. He wasn’t running because he enjoyed taking orders from the Dragon Lord, but because he was all too aware of the dreadful consequences. Once Long Wu led his men to storm the Ming Feng Tower branch, they would become mortal enemies of the Medicine King Valley. At that point, an enraged Medicine King Valley might just kill every single member of the Sponsor Team.

”It seems Ye Xiu anticipated we’d send people to raid the Ming Feng Tower branch tonight,” one of the men lamented.

”He’s so young, yet so meticulous. I’m no match for him,” another added.

”Ye Xiu is terrifying. We simply can’t outplay him.”

”Bullshit!” the Dragon Lord snarled, grinding his teeth. ”Ye Xiu must have tapped my phone. He used what he heard to set a trap, shutting down the phones of Long Shan, Long Shi, and Long Wu. That way, once Long Wu and his men storm the Ming Feng Tower branch, Ye Xiu can use the Medicine King Valley to get rid of us.”

The hearts of the other six Sponsor Team members sank upon hearing the Dragon Lord’s words.

”Ye Xiu is toying with us from every angle. First, he used the ’Ye Xiu’s Address’ auction to make countless enemies for us, and now he’s trying to use the Medicine King Valley to take our lives.”

”Once we’re dead, the Sponsor Team will exist in name only. The people who attended tonight’s auction will rise up against us and quickly devour our families, our assets, our companies... everything will be gone.”

”When it comes to anything but raw martial power, we’re completely helpless against Ye Xiu.”

”We can only hope Ye Tianming can stop Long Wu in time...”

Just as the Dragon Lord and the six other members of the Sponsor Team were desperately praying for Ye Tianming to reach the Ming Feng Tower branch before Long Wu, the doors to the emergency room opened. A doctor emerged, pushing a gurney carrying Wang Yue.

”Doctor, how is Mr. Wang’s condition?” the Dragon Lord asked quickly.

The doctor sighed. ”Mr. Wang’s injuries are extremely severe. His health was already poor, and he has a heart condition. Given his current state, I’m afraid he won’t last another 24 hours... unless the Xuanse Medicine King, Ye Xiu, personally intervenes.”

The Dragon Lord was speechless. The other six members of the Sponsor Team were stunned into silence. They realized the doctor was telling them to go beg Ye Xiu for help.

”Thank you, doctor. Please take Mr. Wang to his room,” the Dragon Lord said in a low voice.

”Wait!” Wang Yue rasped from the gurney, his voice weak. ”Long Tianba... you... all of you... you must... you must find a way to save... save me...”

The Dragon Lord gave a bitter smile. ”The doctor said you only have 24 hours left.”

”No... I... I feel... I feel I can still be saved,” Wang Yue insisted, his eyes widening in a final burst of energy. ”You... all of you... you have to go beg Ye Xiu. At any cost, beg him to come... to save me... save my life...”

With that, his head lolled to the side, and he fell into a coma.

The Dragon Lord waved his hand, signaling the doctor to take Wang Yue away. He then turned to the other six members of the Sponsor Team and asked, ”What do we do? Do we really go and ask Ye Xiu to save Wang Yue?”

In truth, the other six members of the Sponsor Team, along with Wang Yue, were none other than Long Yi, Long Er, Long Shan, Long Shi, Long Wu, Long Liu, and Long Qi of the Long Family Alliance. Originally, the Dragon Lord, Long Tianba, had encouraged Wang Yue to invite the other six to join the Sponsor Team. His plan was to unite with them to sideline Wang Yue and seize leadership for himself. But that plan required Wang Yue to be alive. As the chief sponsor, who knew what the enraged Judicator Families would do if he died.

”It’s useless. Even if we kowtowed until our heads split open, Ye Xiu wouldn’t save Wang Yue,” Long Yi said.

”We have to try. Wang Yue can’t die,” Long Er argued. ”If he dies, what if the three Judicator Families take their anger out on us? After all, we’re not blameless in what happened to him.”

”If Wang Yue dies,” Long Shan added, ”the Judicator Families will either not punish us, kill us, or kick us out of the Sponsor Team.”

The Dragon Lord and the others fell silent. The likelihood of the Judicator Families not punishing them was minuscule, especially since they were directly connected to Wang Yue’s condition. Even if the Judicator Families didn’t kill them and only kicked them off the Sponsor Team, the consequences would be dire. Considering all the animosity Ye Xiu had stirred up against them tonight, the news of their expulsion would trigger immediate and frenzied retaliation from everyone at the auction. They themselves might survive, but their families would be in grave danger, and all their assets would be plundered.

”A true man knows when to bend. Let’s go beg Ye Xiu,” Long Liu said, gritting his teeth.

”Beg him where? Does any of you know where Ye Xiu lives?” the Dragon Lord asked.

Long Yi had no answer. Neither did Long Er. Long Shan, Long Shi, Long Wu, and Long Liu were all silent. An awkward silence fell.

* * *

After Ye Tianming dashed out of the hospital, he spotted a taxi parked at the entrance. He jumped in and said urgently, ”To Ming Feng Tower, and hurry!”

”You got it!” The driver slammed on the gas, and the car shot forward.

Ye Tianming was sweating profusely, filled with both urgency and immense regret. If he had known this would be the outcome, he never would have let Ye Shaokang leak the news about Ye Xiu possessing the Marrow Cleansing Pill. He had truly shot himself in the foot. Brimming with regret, Ye Tianming took out his phone and began posting on the Martial Artist forums.

**Title: ”Long Tianshuo, if you see this post, please PM me.”**

Long Tianshuo was Long Wu’s name.

Ye Tianming hoped Long Tianshuo would see the post and message him, saving him the trip to Ming Feng Tower. But as soon as he posted it, the thread sank like a stone. Undeterred, Ye Tianming kept posting, over and over again.

After posting who knows how many times, Ye Tianming suddenly looked up. ”Driver, which route are you taking?”

The driver flashed a grin. ”The longest one.”

Ye Tianming sucked in a sharp breath.

It’s over. There’s no way I can get to the Ming Feng Tower branch before Long Tianshuo now...